Hawaii’s Desperate Ninth Circuit Plea to Bring Back Judicial Scrutiny in Gun Rights Case

Summary

The Ninth Circuit's en banc hearing in Yukutake v. Lopez addressed challenges to Hawaii's handgun permit validity period and post-purchase inspection rules for firearms not bought through licensed dealers. Judges questioned Hawaii's defense of these rules as "administrative details" and whether the court's "meaningful constraint" test aligns with the Bruen decision's text-and-history standard, particularly concerning Footnote 9 which deals with shall-issue licensing.